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HOLD / UNRESOLVEDIDENTITY_ONLYUSER_DECISION_REQUIRED

New York, NY, USA

ARC League

Full-body mirrored humanoid combat league building toward Season 1.

PROVISIONAL DISPLAY ROLE

HOLD / UNRESOLVED

LOCATION

New York, NY, USA

RELATIONSHIP CHAIN

Katena | Katena AI (presenting / operating organization; no separate higher parent publicly identified)

VERIFICATION STATUS

IDENTITY_ONLY

SOURCE COUNT

3

PRIMARY URL

https://arcleague.com/

Organization brief

Presented by Katena, ARC pairs human pilots with humanoid robot avatars for live combat. Its published gameplay combines full-body control, sensor-equipped armor and health-based scoring in a concentric arena. The league publishes pilot registration, event information and media resources, and has staged editions in New York and Singapore.

Summary source · 2026-10-28Format details: https://www.arcleague.com/gameplay; archive: https://www.arcleague.com/event.

Office and location evidence

Reported event geography

New York City / Singapore

HQ unresolved · Reviewed 2026-10-28

The handoff identifies event cities, not a public headquarters. No street office is established.

Source: supplied research handoff, October 28, 2026. No supporting URL supplied.

Organization

Organization role
Humanoid combat leagueReviewed 2026-10-28
Status / historical scope
Published events and pilot pre-registrationReviewed 2026-10-28
Leagues / competition programs
ARC Night; Season ZeroReviewed 2026-10-28
Operator / presenter
Presented by KatenaReviewed 2026-10-28Presentation credit; no separate legal-entity ownership inferred.
Executive leadership
Antonio Gai — co-founder and CEO of Katena, ARC’s presenterReviewed 2026-10-28Event-organizer speaker biography; role belongs to Katena.
Country
United StatesReviewed 2026-10-20Retained country from existing organization identity; current international events do not establish a new headquarters.

Competition and participation

Combat format
Piloted humanoid robot-versus-robot fightsReviewed 2026-10-28
Robot platforms / scale
EngineAI T800 heavyweight; Unitree G1 lightweightReviewed 2026-10-28Models advertised for the Singapore edition; not a universal hardware rule.
Pilot control hardware
VR rig or full-body motion captureReviewed 2026-10-28
Rounds / duration
150-second rounds; best of threeReviewed 2026-10-28
Weight classes
Small: <1.2 m and <40 kg; mid: 1.2–1.5 m and 40–60 kg; full: >1.5 m and 60 kg+.Reviewed 2026-10-28Published size brackets; edition-specific platform listings remain separate.

Events, media and community

Latest event in cited review
ARC Night Singapore — October 7, 2026Reviewed 2026-10-28Past-edition page; not an upcoming fixture.
Announced next event
Next ARC Night date to be announcedReviewed 2026-10-28
Rules / gameplay
https://www.arcleague.com/gameplaySource · 2026-10-28
Organizer gameplay overview; edition-specific rules may differ.
Media kit
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jze_iQaGH3IN4fL4-eHlZgC2Pt5Ma6SeSource · 2026-10-28
Official linked media kit; permission depends on the supplied asset terms.
Venue booking page
https://www.arcleague.com/eventSource · 2026-10-28
Host-inquiry form: Bring ARC to an event.

Contacts and administration

Earlier evidence record

Robots, people and rules

People and operator roles
ARC League / Katena team; pilots / builders 🇺🇸
Chronology
FIRST / LATEST VERIFIED: 2026-06-25 · SoHo live humanoid combat demo
Robot platforms
HUMANOID · multi-platform field
Human control
Combat-skill pilots · VR: NO
Control hardware
Full-body motion capture
Control software
Real-time mirroring + autonomous dynamic balance
Rules and actions
Punch, kick, combos, dodge, recovery
Purpose and scope
Full-body mirrored humanoid combat league building toward Season 1.
Latest completed event
ARC Night Singapore, October 7 2026, *SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link. Organizer identifies EngineAI T800 heavyweight and Unitree G1 lightweight.
Earlier archive dates
June 5 Robots in the Park at Dimes Square and June 6 Season Zero at SHiFT Midtown, New York. These precede the preserved June 25 SoHo event; do not claim an exhaustive first-ever history.
Rule status
Season 1 draft, subject to league approval; official final rulebook still forthcoming.
Draft match format
150-second rounds; best of three; first to two round wins. Each round starts 1000 HP. A fall loses the round; at time, higher HP wins.
Draft scoring
Front torso hit 50 HP; head 150 HP and attacker restores 100; back 100 HP and attacker restores 50. Arm/leg contacts do not score.
Draft arena and controls
Robot ring radius 1.5 m; pilot track width 2 m. Anchor holds robot stance and ignores motion-capture input. Punching, movement and pushing allowed; grabs/locks and downed strikes prohibited.
Source review date
2026-10-20

Evidence

Video evidence status: PENDING DIRECT PLAYBACK URL. Each source supports the scope stated below.

Source · arcleague.com ↗

SoHo live combat 2026-06-25 verified; full-body human mirroring, VR NO | Review 2026-10-20: Season 1 draft subject to league approval; no dated final rulebook.

Additional identity sources

Source relationships (5)

Identity sources do not resolve classifier gates or establish an active league.

ARC League / Katena ↗

A1_OFFICIAL_PRIMARY · October 7 Singapore retrospective with exact T800/G1 models, venue/address and schedule; June 5/6 New York archive listings. · Last checked 2026-10-20

ARC League / Katena ↗

A1_OFFICIAL_PRIMARY · Season 1 draft subject to league approval; no dated final rulebook. · Last checked 2026-10-20

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